Below is a statement from Festus Keyamo, the lawyer to the Psquare
brothers. According to him, the video released earlier this morning
happened in May, 2016. Though he acknowledged there is a problem, he
however believes it would be resolved soon. The full statement…
Our attention has been drawn to the on-going feud between the Psquare
brothers in online, print and electronic media. We have also been
inundated with calls from the media to authenticate the correspondence
Peter Okoye sent to our office, indicating his intention to terminate
the contract between the brothers for various reasons and the online
video showing a purported scuffle between the brothers in our Chambers.
Firstly, while it is obvious that none of these materials were released
from our Chambers, we are thoroughly saddened and embarrassed by these
developments. As their close friends and lawyers over many years, we
have done our very best to manage their differences over time and very
prominent personalities have been invited in the past to intervene.
Continue…
We are well aware that we have a duty to keep the details of their
disagreements confidential, so we shall say nothing here on the issues
at stake. But since the disagreement is now in the public domain, and
our name has been dragged into the fray, we wish to appeal to members of
the public to refrain from jumping into uninformed conclusions about
this feud.
None of these talented brothers is at fault. None of them is also wholly
justified and correct in their individual positions. We also wish to
state categorically that, contrary to widely held opinions, none of
their wives is at fault. In fact, the wives have kept their respectable
and dignified distances from all the issues involved. THEY HAVE NEVER
INTERFERED in any way.
We also want to state that whilst all the three brothers may have
genuine grievances, nobody’s life is at risk. All the various incidents
that happened in our Chambers (some as late at 12 midnight and 2am and
one of which was captured in the online video) arose out of various
meetings that were genuine attempts at resolving their differences.
Whatever was said by all of them that were provocative were done in the
heat of passion, emotion and anger. In fact, the incident in the video
circulating online happened sometime around May, 2016. After all those
arguments, we all still sat down and signed agreements and we were all
happy.
So, we appeal to everyone to please grant the Okoye family the privacy,
prayers and support that they need at these trying times. I have also
appealed to all of them not to grant further interviews at this point so
as not to escalate the issues further. Whatever is going on is the
usual siblings’ rivalry experienced in most families. It is nothing
unusual.
We are of the strong opinion that the brothers would eventually put away their differences and come back stronger.
Thank you.
Yours most trusted,
FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
Head of Chambers
